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hey cool! are you keeping your last name when you get married or changing it to jstin's??

By rebecca, at 9:52 PM, November 30, 2006

Nicely done.

By running42k, at 3:50 AM, December 01, 2006

rebecca: I haven't decided yet... probably taking Justin's. :)

By Kat, at 11:21 PM, December 04, 2006

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Snow-em-gee!

by Kat

Holy Balls, it's snowing outside! We've had a few flurries and light snow on the ground over the last few icy, cold days. Now it's dumping! It will be gone tomorrow, alas, but I took a few commemorative snapshots:

Some fun facts for those into trivia--
1) Last night was the coldest in eight years.
2) This month in Seattle, we had record precipitation. It's the wettest month... ever.

Posted on November 29, 2006 @ 11:37 PM | 2 comments

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Wow, coldest night? Hope you were cozy! We don't have any record lows going on, but it *was* -2 when I drove in this morn. Brrr.

Lazy Lightning, at 5:23 AM, November 30, 2006

Jeez, I can only imagine how many wrecks you guys had up there! Is it all gone now?

By Kyle, at 4:51 PM, December 02, 2006

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Turkey Trip Pics

by Kat

All righty. I've been distracted by the massive amounts of snow (for Seattle) falling outside. Justin and I just walked up to Wallingford for a hot cocoa from Chocolati (open til 12!) and the snowflakes were large enough to cast shadows on the road. So I've been avoiding the photo editing...but better late than never, right? Here are my Thanksgiving photos from D.C. Enjoy!

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No Good Deed

by Justin

Remember before thanksgiving I did that favor for my pharmacology professor? Something to do with armor in a sound booth and scaring a lecture hall full of nursing students? Ringing any bells? Well I didn't want to post about the rest of the day because it really ruins that part of the story. That part of the day was the good part.

After doing my part in the lecture and being thanked by my professor I left campus, loaded all my armor back in the car and headed home. I got about three blocks before I was suddenly, and rudely, stopped by another driver. You see they ran their car into my passenger side door. I was driving down a main arterial and they pulled out. From a driveway. From the police department's impound lot driveway. The driver had managed to remain uninvolved with the police for about...5 seconds. Or 5 yards. I pulled my car into the center turn lane and put on my flashers and was talking to a witness when he says "Hey...I think she's driving away!" So I walked up behind her car which was getting ready to turn at the intersection and politely let her know I had her license and that I'd really like it if she didn't drive away. She obliged, which was sweet of her I suppose. I called the police, took down witness phone numbers, called my insurance and all that good stuff. Time from incident start to getting the ball rolling on the claim was about 2 1/2 hours.

But that's not all! I went to pick up our dry cleaning, a rare luxury, so that we'd have clothes for the Thanksgiving trip. Kat's clothes were there. My dress shirts had unfortunately slipped between the cracks and were still covered in chemicals. Not to worry! They'd be ready tomorrow morning. Two hours after I was on a flight to DC. Kat picked me up some substitutes and with the aid of some sweaters I survived. And gosh weren't the cleaners nice to not charge me for those shirts?

This post comes today because I can put a positive end on it officially. Or at least relatively officially. I just got the phone call from my insurance company saying that the other driver had decided to accept liability for the accident. How sweet of her! Almost as if between her statement to the police admitting fault, the witnesses calling her a @#!! idiot and the fact that she'd broad sided me while pulling into traffic on an arterial had left some room for discussion in the matter. Well I appreciate her willingness. Sometime in the next few days I should have the chance to get the damage appraised and we'll see if it's repairable or if they'll consider my car totaled (the damage isn't 'totaling' damage...my car is just 6 years old with 120,000 miles so they may consider a couple thousand dollars in body damage enough to total it) and Kat and I get to go car shopping...

Posted on November 28, 2006 @ 1:31 PM | 3 comments

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Wow, what a day! Shit!

I got in an accident where I was at fault last year. I was extremely apologetic to the other guy, and all he did was scream and shout obscenities at me until I cried and locked myself in the car waiting for the cops to come (Sorry I totalled your '93 Buick with 300k on it dude, shit.)

So anyway, when the cop came, he saw what a mess I was and how this middle-aged father-type man was screaming at a scared-to-death college girl... and he didn't write it up as what it was -- reckless driving (I didn't look at all, so stupid). He wrote it up as an unsignalled turn. I got a 40 dollar ticket and that guy's insurance company wouldn't cover the repair of his car. I still have my accident-free discount and no marks on my record. That guy, because of his attitude, got nothing. He got what he deserved, the asshole.

Lazy Lightning, at 2:52 PM, November 28, 2006

That blows. At least everyone was safe and it didn't affect the weekend too much.

By running42k, at 3:41 AM, November 29, 2006

Good point about everyone coming out unhurt, Running42K.
Lazy Lighting, I think the guy you hit had every right to be angry at the damage someone else's recklessness caused him, "college girl or not." nonetheless, he handled the situation very poorly. Justin, the girl who hit you proved herself to be a complete retard. Wow.

rebecca, at 4:12 PM, December 03, 2006

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Snow!

by Kat

The weather was 65 and sunny in DC, but it's been icy and snowy for the last three days here in Seattle. Backwards, yes?

I'll post photos from the DC trip this evening-- they're all edited and just need to be resized.

Posted on @ 11:09 AM | 1 comments

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It's been 7 degrees outside for the last two days. We have icy roads and no school! Woohooo!

Allie, at 10:52 PM, November 28, 2006

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Turkey Trip

by Kat

Well, I'm off to D.C. to see how the other half's "other half" lives. Y'know, chillin' with the yuppie relatives. Muy relaxing, not having to think about or pay for anything. My only job is to properly represent Seattle by spending the next four days acting like an erudite fashion plate, a game which I love well. I just wish I hadn't broken out all over my face. I thought I'd be done with that shit by the time I turned twenty-four.

Posted on November 22, 2006 @ 12:19 AM | 4 comments

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Have a good and safe trip and Thanksgiving.

By running42k, at 4:04 AM, November 22, 2006

oh wow, chad and I just got back from a weekend in baltimore and DC. Have a fun time, and a Happy Thanksgiving! I'm headed up to the new cottage tomorrow with the usual family for it!

Anonymous, at 6:35 AM, November 22, 2006

Happy Turkey day!

By allie, at 3:38 PM, November 22, 2006

My face looks terrible. But it's only because I'm going to a friend's wedding next week and will see friends and his family, some of whom I haven't seen in about 7 years. So i have at least 5 large pimples on my chin and no amount of washing or precription meds can get it off. Woo! Hope yours went away in time for the holidays.

Lazy Lightning, at 5:49 AM, November 28, 2006

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Doing Favors

by Justin

As I write this post I am sequestered in a dark sound booth. In the room outside there are 80+ people of all ages and they don't know I'm here. I'm wearing my full armor. I have my sword. I'm just waiting for the right time and then they're going to get a big surprise.

No...I haven't lost it entirely. A few months ago my pharmacology professor asked if I would help him make a point about antibiotics and how...never mind. That part is relatively unimportant. The summary of the event is that at a specific point in his lecture he wants me to bust through the door, charge the stage, attack a paper mache reindeer, graffiti the whiteboard and then run out. So that's what I'm going to do. Because I'm all about doing favors for people. Hopefully no one is too jumpy...and if so, hopefully campus safety isn't too nearby.

Update:
It went really well. Sadly the recording equipment usually in place to capture lectures was not functional so there will be no webcast of the event. Suffice to say it was memorable. So what does a knight have to do with antibiotics? I'm glad you asked! So penicillin is a good drug but it gets chewed up by bacterial enzymes called beta-lactamases. Let's represent the beta-lactamase with a paper mache reindeer. This is a problem with penicillins. Cephalosporins on the other hand come in four categories. 1st generation cephalosporins have limited resistance to the reindeer and do not penetrate well into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). 2nd generation cephalosporins do a bit better on both counts. 3rd generation cephalosporins like cefotaxime are highly resistant to the reindeer and can cross into the CSF with ease. So imagine cefotaxime as a knight that busts down the door of your classroom, runs onto the stage, throws your reindeer across the stage, busts through the imaginary CSF barrier on stage and writes "CEFOTAXIME WAS HERE" on the whiteboard before stabbing the deer and running out of the room. That's a reasonable demonstration of how a 3rd generation cephalosporin works. Sort of.

Posted on November 21, 2006 @ 8:26 AM | 8 comments

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I'd pay to see that.

By 007ben, at 9:09 AM, November 21, 2006

Do you do Birthdays? ;o)

By allie, at 10:45 AM, November 21, 2006

No doubt one of the strangest favours ever.

By running42k, at 12:51 PM, November 21, 2006

HOT.

By Kat, at 12:58 PM, November 21, 2006

wow. relatively unimportant??? I want to know how a medieval knight relates to antibiotics??? Sounds like a good time, wish I could see it.

Anonymous, at 1:52 PM, November 21, 2006

WOW !! what a visual! much better than attempting to understand it from a scientific viewpoint. maybe drug companies should sell drugs on TV this way rather than advertising "side effects of bloody noses, congestion, heart attacks and death".... Really wish the AV was working to record it. would have been great to see! GREAT POST!!!

jeff

jeff, at 6:10 PM, November 21, 2006

very cool! hey i just read a "top 10" list about professions with the most salary growth / people-going-into-it growth. lots of IT, physicians assistant, and, voila, PHARMACY! why'd you decide to take the plunge? sounds kick-ass.
ps: you both going on the turkey trip or just kat? take sexy pix of kat's ring.

rebecca, at 4:37 PM, November 23, 2006

Well actually I'm not in pharmacology. I have taken pharmacology and I have had pharmacology professors, but I am not a pharmacology student. Actually I'm in school to be a Nurse Practitioner.

Perhaps I'll write a post about why in the coming weeks. So stay tuned. Long and short of it though...many benefits, relatively scarce drawbacks.

By Justin, at 8:05 AM, November 24, 2006

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Bike Ride

by Kat

Today the weather is characteristic of the usual Seattle crapfest, but yesterday it was wanly sunny, crisp, and cool. Justin and I took the opportunity to go on a little jaunt around Seattle with Jeff, a seasoned city biker. Since purchasing his bike in July of this year, Jeff's put on over 2,000 miles commuting and touring the streets and trails of Seattle. We let him lead us over into Ballard and down past the ship canal into Seattle proper, then back home for a total of about thirteen miles. Here are a few snapshots I took with my new Powershot Elph SD700 from the day (click for full):

Justin and Jeff on their bikes

Grain elevators with Seattle and Rainier behind

Guitarist and the Olympic mountain range

Seriously guys, NO VIBRATORS.

Posted on November 19, 2006 @ 12:20 PM | 2 comments

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You're so cute takin' snapshots with your liiiiitle camera. ;-)

By Lazy Lightning, at 6:16 AM, November 20, 2006

That looks like a nice place to cycle. Like the looks of the pub too!

By running42k, at 6:52 AM, November 20, 2006

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High Life

by Kat

Thursday night I didn't get to bed until 2AM-- and *not* because I was playing WoW.

After a stressful day at work finishing up an RFP, I met with the office's Women's Book Club at Brouwer's Cafe in Fremont to discuss Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. While I was there I picked up an issue of last week's Stranger, thinking it was the Seattle Weekly. I couldn't find any of my theater reviews in it, of course, so I stupidly realized I had the wrong publication, but I DID see an ad for a Stranger-sponsored concert for a band I really like, The Album Leaf. I was just saying to the book club ladies that I'd have to go see it when I realized that they were playing at nine PM that night. Whoops. Way to be pre-informed, Kat.

Justin and I already had plans to go to Joanna's Soul Cafe for dinner and another performance of 365 Plays/365 Days with Tom & Amy, the couple we met in GNP this year. So we set out to do that, and ate okra and jambalaya and drank mint juleps with them for a while, then headed over to Chop Suey, a cute little Capitol Hill venue, to check out the concert.

When we got there at 9pm, I was kinda peeved to see that The Album Leaf didn't actually take the stage until 11:30, which meant we'd get home waaaaaaay past my bedtime. But since their music is chill, and the price was right at $12 a head, we decided to chance the opening bands and wait for them to play their set. The opening band, the lymbyc system sounded a like Album Leaf but maybe a little more mellow. And it was only two dudes playing a billion instruments (electronic and non-) so they were pretty impressive. The drummer was the head-bangingist drummer I've ever seen. They played a good set, then Dirty on Purpose took the stage. I'd never heard of either opening band and it was neat to widen my horizons beyond the more conventional music I often listen to. DoP's set wasn't as clean as lymbyc system's but I think I'd like them a lot if I heard some of their studio tracks. Having never heard their vocals before, I found them really hard to understand because of the obscene volume and feedback in the small club space. Why do bands play so loud? I never understood it... the louder they play, the shittier they sound. It seems like the return diminishes pretty fast.

Anyway, Dirty on Purpose was made up of four cute hipster dudes. I met the drummer at the swag table before their set and he flirted with me with his eyes, though I didn't know it was him. One of the guitarists was hilariously emotive and totally into playing. He flailed about the stage in such a way that it made me realize that watching someone play the guitar from the waist up looks an awful lot like watching them give themselves "hand relief." During the last song, he actually threw himself on the floor, knocking over a microphone stand, and wailed away pretty much in the front row. We were sitting on stools in the back, which mean we couldn't see what he was doing down there, but I imagine I would have found it amusing.

The Album Leaf didn't take the stage until almost 11:45, which these days is about when I fall asleep so I can get my ass to the gym at 6am. How sad, no? I don't know much about the band except that I like their music (pirated from Micah) and listen to it a lot. I can't even really say what genre they are, because I haven't really heard much music like theirs before. It's sort of ambient electronic-instrumental with rock undertones. Very chill. If you're a fan of Explosions in the Sky, you'll like Album Leaf.

They were great live, though definitely a group that's more fun to listen to than to watch. They sounded really awesome but in doing so, mostly just sat there. Unlike, say, Tori Amos, who puts on an incredible show pretty much having hot sex with three pianos on stage. By 1AM, we were ready to head home, but the crowd insisted they play an encore-- which they did, for another 20 minutes. I stuck around to try and get an event poster because they looked really sweet, but apparently everyone else had gotten the same idea because they were all gone.

I crawled into bed a 2AM, completely burned out, and didn't get up until 8:40 Friday morning. The great thing about living so close to work is that after showering and packing up, I still managed to get to the office at about 9:15. I guess I can have a social life after all!

Posted on November 18, 2006 @ 11:51 AM | 0 comments

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>_<

by Kat

I have a *huge* headache, a small head cold, I'm horrendously busy, and I haven't gotten any exercise in the last two days. NNNGAAAHHHHHHHH!

Posted on November 16, 2006 @ 4:29 PM | 2 comments

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hugs!

By inkandpen, at 7:45 AM, November 17, 2006

I feel better now. :)

By Kat, at 9:51 AM, November 17, 2006

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Upgraded Bling

by Kat

I've been without my engagement ring for four days. I just got it back, and boy is that nice. I feel naked without it! It's all polished up and fitted with a sparkly, new diamond just for me. :) A while back I noticed a speck in my old stone and thinking that maybe there was something stuck in the setting that was causing a reflection, I took it to the jeweler to have it examined. Turns out I was seeing an inclusion that was supposedly "invisible to the naked eye." I won't credit myself with hawk-eyes, but I do spend an awful lot of time looking at my ring. Wouldn't you?

Nevertheless, I was fine knowing that I was seeing the stone's inclusion, since I knew there were a few small ones even though it was a very fine diamond. Justin, however, who was unable to see the inclusion with a 10x loop when he bought it, decided that he couldn't cope with me being able to see a flaw. He insisted it would make him happy if I let the jeweler bring in a few stones for to consider as replacements.

On the one hand, I didn't want to let my stone go-- it was in my ring when we got engaged and that made it SPESHUL. On the other, I was willing to acknowledge that it was just a stone and if Justin would be relieved to know I wouldn't find flaw in another, and happy to replace it. So we looked at four .75ct stones this Saturday and they all sparkled so nicely that it was hard to decide even with the loop. Justin hadn't hit the top of his budget for the ring when he had it built, so the extra cash went toward the upgrade. (Note: I did tell him he could perfectly well just set it aside for a trip to Japan or something fun.)

I would have been happy with what I had but it's nice to have my ring back all shiny and new looking. It's strange, but I feel more confident with it on my finger... it's a nice "off limits" status symbol and a gorgeous reminder of my love... and I like that.

Posted on November 15, 2006 @ 6:13 PM | 10 comments

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Wow, your rock is BIG! Mine's about a .2 carat or so...

I looked at my engagement ring a lot too. I was obsessed with it. I brought it back to the jeweler several times, insisting the crown was JUST SLIGHTLY less than perpendicular to the band. They treated me like "oh here comes ms. CRAZY again. I think they were humoring me and just taking it to the back and waiting a few minutes before returning it to me. This was at Skie's in Eugene.

Finally I took it to a jeweler/goldsmith here in grand forks after we moved, and he saw what I was talking about all the way. ended up replacing the entire crown too. I'm not crazy. I just have insane attention to detail if I look at something long enough.

Lazy Lightning, at 6:32 PM, November 15, 2006

I blame being up against a timeline for missing that little speck the first time through. Although I'm sure no one but myself and Kat would ever see it, I'm far too tightly wound to accept that.

Kat was very understanding that I'm obsessively detail oriented. But it drove me nuts that there was something there. So I have to thank my sweety for being understanding and letting me make this little change. She is very tolerant.

Justin, at 9:42 PM, November 15, 2006

SHINY!

By Kat, at 9:44 PM, November 15, 2006

more pix of the Presshhus please!

By rebecca, at 12:37 AM, November 16, 2006

ooh that reminds me that i need to take mine in to get checked and cleaned. Now that you've got it, isn't it exciting to have it on your finger all the time? When I am in a store or something I like that people can see that I am married...it makes me think that maybe they are less likely to just judge me as the "typical young naïve college student"...and makes me feel all like a grown up woman. I'm probably crazy, cause I'm sure no one else gives it that much thought...but it makes me feel good.

Anonymous, at 7:10 AM, November 16, 2006

i love my ring too and look at it constantly. it's not a solitaire but instead lots of little diamonds in an modern triangular setting. i could stare at all it's little angles for hours :)

gleek, at 8:40 AM, November 16, 2006

eek, sometrouble, you can't make generalizations about someone just because she's married! a woman can be an immature ignoramus whether she's young or old, single or married. i'm sure you know that. plus, marriage doesn't even necessarily "prove" a relationship's strength or worth or anything like that.

Anonymous, at 7:51 PM, November 16, 2006

I'm sure she wasn't generalizing in that way. I know what she means... people take you less seriously when you are young and single, sadly. It's gotten better, I'm sure, over the years. But there IS a noticeable difference in the way people approach you and your relationship when you say "husband" or "fiance" rather than "boyfriend," no matter how long you've been with the person.

Kat, at 9:53 AM, November 17, 2006

Kat and Sometrouble both have a point, anon, sorry. As a married/engaged woman with a ring on, you ARE sometimes taken more seriously and treated more like an adult on the basis of your left-hand decoration. Of course, the way you dress also plays a part, as does anything that comes out of your mouth. A blithering idiot is still a blithering idiot regardless of jewelry... but we're talking perceptions at the moment, and married women are perceived as being more together.

Lazy Lightning, at 6:21 AM, November 20, 2006

blah. why can't we just all say "partner" and keep the law out of it? i understand what ya'll are saying, and you're right. perceptions suck though.

Anonymous, at 5:25 PM, November 23, 2006

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Where am I?

by Kat

Well, I ain't dead. I've been *loving* my new job, which keeps me plenty busy, and my new gym, which kicks the pants off of the old one. Somehow I managed to put on what the scale says is 15 lbs after the marathon (it lies, I assure you) sippin' on carbs and... carbs, so I'm working my ass off, literally. Oh holiday season, I loathe you.

On my spare time I've been writing more or less once a week for the Seattle Weekly, which means going to plays galore! I'm on "beat" for the 365 Seattle project, which premiered tonight and is going to be truly wacky and unique to follow. Plus, it lasts a year... hooray spare job security! And all the money I get from the SW is pocket change so it makes for more fun weekends.

I've blown lots of my SW cash on fun toys. I picked up a gorgeous little black dress at a local boutique and some classic black slingback heels. Mmm, high-end fashion. I also just got a new digicam, the Canon SD700 IS, for quick snapshot use. (My 20D is just too big and too valuable to take to parties.) The bestest present I got myself is a gorgeous pair of Peruvian Opal earrings and a matching necklace. It seemed fitting, since is my birth stone and I got them for my birthday.

I'm feeling flush with $ at this new job, and while Justin is flat broke, I/we're trying to make an effort to donate to charity this holiday season. I've got my ass covered by a 401k for the first time ever, and obviously I've been "wasting" cash on nonessential goods, so it makes sense to give something to someone other than myself. We went trick-or-treating on Halloween with the vow that we'd give a quarter to charity for every piece of candy we got. I wish I'd thrown that in the face of the one bitter old lady who told us in no uncertain terms that we were MUCH TOO OLD (guess what? there were no other trick-or-treaters!) and proceeded to give us candy anyway. My work will match charitable donations up to $250 so it's doubly awesome!

My addiction to Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II (which arrived in the mail today) has been eating up my evenings, also filled with Netflix films and a small smattering of WoW. As I've been getting up at 6AM (rather, trying and failing to) I find myself with a common affliction: not enough hours in the day.

Soooo... that's why I haven't been around much. At least it's for positive reasons and not for broken hands or worse. I hope with this update that I'll feel more caught up and back to posting every day or so. I might even attempt the Flickr 365 pool to post some more photos of myself since I have so few. We'll see. Off to bed for now!

Posted on November 13, 2006 @ 10:48 PM | 5 comments

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Awesome for donating to charity. We are giving our parents gifts from World Vision this year as they don't need anything whereas giving chickens to people in underdeveloped countries is much needed.

running42k, at 4:08 AM, November 15, 2006

Yeah, I'm hoping to curb the holiday ridiculousness this year too. With three sisters and a whole host of relatives, it can get stupidly spendy.

I like to get people gifts, it just takes so much time and energy on top of money when they can't be specific as to what they want!

By Kat, at 10:19 AM, November 15, 2006

YAY SD710! I want one of those or similar model too. I might get it if I get the job I've been pining after... While I'd like to keep living like we are in order to save a nest egg, I think we all deserve to "waste a little cash" if we have the opportunity after having just gotten a new job (salary raise, or bonus)!

Sooooo... gonna post a pic of you in the dress and heels? :-)

Lazy Lightning, at 6:34 PM, November 15, 2006

Prolly after thanksgiving, since I'll wear it in DC. :)

By Kat, at 9:36 PM, November 15, 2006

Boy, I know who I am going to come to for special treats when I am a poor social worker living in a box on some street corner ;o)

allie, at 11:17 PM, November 15, 2006

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Afterglow

by Justin

I'm too giddy to even warn off those who might be bothered by politics...

As you might guess, Kat and I are so giddy today that we might as well be on the couch smoking a cigarette and grinning like idiots at the ceiling. Yesterday when I was supposed to be writing the final draft of a research proposal I instead spent a good hour calling friends in Montana congratulating them for somehow defying their own essences and voting Democrat. Of course anyone that I was calling in Montana was able to laugh at that. I'm not sure how the general populace would have responded if I'd said "I'm so proud of you for putting aside your redneck prejudices for a day!!!" But really I can't say anything bad, because they voted for a democratic senator. Even if the alternative was a psychopathic, alcoholic abuser they still deserve a big hug.

While talking to my father I said that basically every race that I cared about came out the way I'd hoped. He tells me that I should relish this feeling because (as he speaks from experience) I may not feel this way again for another 18 years or so. I suffer no delusions. We're in dangerous waters. Winning in the midterm is dangerous because this means that if everything that's fucked up in the world doesn't get fixed in two years you can bet that the republicans will seize on it to yell "WE TOLD YOU SO!!!" and use that argument to try and take back control (or worse...win the presidential). I'd almost be willing to give the conservative hate squad another two years of control and save the "ok...you've screwed around for 8 years...it's time for us to have a shot" statement for a time when it would give us a presidency AND the house AND the senate.

But really...all speculation aside, we're stupidly happy. The nation came around to the world view for at least one night. Seattle still allows lap dances (I suppose I should go out and get one now that it's become a secured right...) from women who can get abortions in South Dakota and accept that the government does not have to waive regulations that make sense just so they can turn their houses into strip malls and believe that it's okay to pay an estate tax. Unfortunately I can't get all that from a lesbian stripper and her legally recognized partner, that's unfortunately constitutionally impossible in several more states as of this last election...but we'll take what we can get.

Posted on November 09, 2006 @ 5:23 PM | 6 comments

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yay democrats! justin your point about the midterm is well taken. did you see the article in the atlantic magazine this month called something like "the battle to lose the election?" talking about how, yeah, if we don't fix things in these 2 years the republicans are going to fuck us in '08. fingers crossed! but it does feel good for now. sigh. hope!! also: completely unrelated: kat i know you are a computer whiz and justin maybe you are too, so maybe you guys can answer this for me. i would love you forever, etc. so, i have a crappy dell desktop from 2000. i used it 2000-04 and it was hooked up to a high-speed-internet network (NOT wireless). i have 2,000+ precious MP3s trapped there on the hard drive. my parents have comcast digital cable for their desktop. i've been told i can just plug mine into their outlet, download ITunes for free, move all the songs into ITunes (because it will ask if i want to search the computer for existing files), then plug an ipod into the computer and take all the songs. then shitcan the computer! does this sound plausible? i am a techno-retard and don't want to waste my time and money ... sigh ... i've been avoiding this for years because i LOVE those mp3s and don't want them to be gone forever. thanks a MILLION.

rebecca, at 4:53 PM, November 10, 2006

Using Itunes to just load the songs on your ipod in the traditional fashion won't do you any good. The ipod will happily receive the mp3s but it will not transfer them to your new machine. In order to do that you will need to enable the hard drive feature of your ipod. Google can teach you that more succinctly than I how to activate that.

Once it is activated as a hard drive then yes...just load your mp3s on it, shitcan your old machine and then pull them off onto a new machine. Keep in mind that while they are loaded on the hard drive enabled ipod you won't be able to listen to them, just move them. Once you're done moving them to the new machine you can then load them on traditionally and listen as you see fit.

Justin, at 6:07 PM, November 10, 2006

thanks justin, you are beyond awesome. i, on the other hand, am apparently a huger tard than i realized. because i didn't really follow what you said. i just need itunes to pick up the files off my old computer (i'll hook up the old computer to the internet to download itunes), and then can't i just plug the ipod into the computer and load them from itunes to the ipod? i don't need them to go to a new computer. i don't understand why i'd need the ipod to be harddrive enabled ...

rebecca, at 9:56 PM, November 11, 2006

Yes, you could just load them onto the ipod and then toss the computer. The problem would be that if you EVER wanted to put a new song on the ipod you'd lose all the other songs on it. Think of the ipod as only able to have songs that you currently have on your computer. If you load the songs on and toss the computer the ipod is ok with that. But if you then later get a new computer and want to put new songs on your ipod...as far as your ipod is concerned your music library is what is on the new computer...which has none of your old music. Make sense?

Also, if you ever had to update the ipod or reload it to fix a small bug (not uncommon) you'd have no old computer to load the songs from so your library would disappear. Long story short...the ipod is no good unless you have a computer that has the same songs on it in your possession. Otherwise you're just asking to lose the songs.

Justin, at 11:59 PM, November 11, 2006

Hip Hip Hooraaaay! One set of Plutocrats won more votes than the other set of Plutocrats. Yay!

By Anonymous, at 7:33 PM, November 12, 2006

Anonymous, if you actually believe that considering the state of the nation, the Bush administration and the war, you aren't worth responding to. (yay, i ended my sentence with a preposition! how plutocratic).
ps: justin, again, you rock the party that rocks my pants. er, kat's pants.

By rebecca, at 7:45 PM, November 13, 2006

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FUCK YES.

by Kat

ALL RIGHT, DEMOCRATS! SO LONG RUMSFELD! HOLY CRAP, MONTANA! COME ON, VIRGINIA! YOU GUYS BETTER NOT SCREW THIS UP.

I hope you did your civic duty yesterday and voted. If you did, good for you because it feels like Christmas today. If you didn't you suck, you lazy ass.

For now, that is all.

Posted on November 08, 2006 @ 10:27 AM | 3 comments

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"YOU GUYS BETTER NOW SCREW THIS UP."

errr... Kat, did you remember to run this past the copy editor? ;)

Eight-and-a-Half-Tails, at 11:50 AM, November 08, 2006

oops. ^_^

By Kat, at 12:02 PM, November 08, 2006

On a day that fine, you are entitled to a little spelling error. On behalf of Canada, thank you United States for getting with the program.

running42k, at 4:00 AM, November 09, 2006

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